A scintillating five-goal first-half flurry put Wild Boar on their way to a derby date with Burnside WMC.

Houghton were three ahead after only 10 minutes. Craig Fletcher blasted home the first following a goalmouth melee, the second was a delightful shot in off the post from Liam Lusk and a Karl Anderson strike made it three.

Man of the match Lusk rounded the Chester keeper for 4-0 on 20 minutes, then Shaun Corner crashed a shot off the bar.

Lusk completed his hat-trick in fantastic style with a 20-yard lob over the keeper on 35 minutes.

Incredibly, there were no further goals until Chester’s Paul Botcherby pulled a couple back in the 70th and 80th minutes.

With five minutes left, home keeper Sean Simpson pulled off a classy point blank save to maintain the three-goal lead.

Chester Garden Farm RAR moved into the final of the same competition with a 3-2 triumph at Durham County.

Man of the match Michael Barron gave Garden Farm the lead on the half hour, and Tom Wray added a second in the second period.

County broke well to cut the deficit, but they fell 3-1 behind on 85 minutes when Adam Goodyear scored. County made it 3-2 with three minutes to go, but the visitors held on.